The LFS Community Meeting for all faculty, staff and students is scheduled for September 25 (Wed) at 12:00 – 1:00 pm in Rm 158 MacMillan Building.
Coffee and cookies will be provided. Please mark your calendars.
Agenda
12:00-12:15 Dean’s message
12:15-12:30 United Way presentation – Patty Gallivan
12:30-12:50 Teaching practices survey – Candice Rideout/Cyprien Lomas
Environmental Youth Alliance (EYA) is looking for volunteers for their Growing Kids Program. Volunteers will work regularly with elementary or high school to help teachers and students develop and maintain their outdoor classroom and/or garden club.
They are accepting applications for 2013/14 – applications are due September 7, 2013! For more information about this EYA volunteer opportunity and how to apply, click here.
CLICK HERE – to learn more about the role with the David Thompson Secondary TREK team.
CLICK HERE – to learn more about the UBC Special Olympic TREK team
CLICK HERE – to learn more about how TREK supports community
Are you interested in the UBC MD or PhD program? You are invited to their research forum and open house on Friday, September 6 from 2-5pm. Registration is not require. Prospective applicants are welcome to attend the full event or any of the sessions.
Research Forum & Open House
DATE: Friday, 6 September 2013
LOCATION: Michael Smith Lab, 102 Lecture Theatre, G/F, 2185 East Mall, UBC
SCHEDULE
2:00-2:05 pm Welcome and Introduction
2:05-2:20 pm Overview of the Program by Dr. Lynn Raymond (Program Director)
2:20-2:30 pm Q/A Period
2:30-2:50 pm MD/PhD Student Presentations
2:50-3:00 pm Q/A Period
3:00-3:30 pm Presentation by Dr. Patrick Tang (UBC MD/PhD alumnus)
3:30-3:45 pm Q/A Period
3:45-4:00 pm Nutrition Break
4:00-5:00 pm Poster Session (also mingle session: more opportunities for prospective applicants to ask questions)
For more information about this event, check out their website.
This year, the conversation begins at the Town Halls as UBC student-elected Board of Governors members bring opening remarks on behalf of the UBC Board of Governors.
After this, Peter Klein, Director and Professor, Graduate School of Journalism (Vancouver), and Christopher Schneider, Assistant Professor, Sociology, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences (Okanagan), will join Prof. Stephen J. Toope for a thought-provoking interview.
Then the UBC community will have a chance to ask senior administration any questions they may have.
Join the conversation. Submit your question online or ask it in person at the 2013 President’s Town Halls:
Vancouver Campus
Thursday, September 12, Sty-Wet-Tan Great Hall, First Nations Longhouse(map)
Integrated Studies in Land & Food Systems is looking for 4 undergraduate research assistants to assist with crop and manure nutrient sampling and crop yield sampling during Term 1. The tasks involved include fieldwork on farms within the Lower Fraser Valley and limited analyses in the soils lab in MCML. For more information about these undergraduate research assistant positions and how to apply, check out this posting or visit the LFS Student Jobs Board. Anticipated start date is Sept 10!
The Vancouver School Board’s West 1 Community Schools Team is recruiting LFS students interested in developing and delivering their own 7-week after-school food and nutrition/ cooking programs for school-aged children at a number of Westside elementary schools this 2013-14 school year. This is a fantastic and rewarding opportunity to develop project management experience as well as skills in lesson planning, time management, budgeting, child development, etc. The time commitment is 3 hours per week for 7 weeks. Information sessions are scheduled for late September so act fast! For more information about this opportunity, click here.
Contact
Please send a current resume to: Marisol Petersen, West 1 Community Schools Coordinator
Email: mpetersen@vsb.bc.ca Tel: 778-229-9787
| 11:30 – 1:00pm | Choose Your Major | MacLeod 254 |
| 1:00 – 2:00 | BBQ Lunch | MacMillan courtyard |
| 2:00 – 3:30 | No events scheduled | |
| 3:30 – 5:30 | The Main Event | Main Mall |
